Nikon D3000 flash wont stay closed due to broken clip.

\015 My brother-in-law was using my camera and pried the flash open instead of pushing the button which broke the clip that keeps it closed. How do I fix it?\015

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Unfortunately Nikon stopped selling parts on July 13th, 2012. I checked and the part you need is not currently for sale on Ebay so you best hope is to call local repair shops and hope one has either the part still in stock or a salvage top cover they can pull the part off of. The other choice is to send the camera to Nikon and eat a $200 repair bill.

If you are annoyed by Nikon's actions I would strongly suggest you email the president of the company to express your displeasure. Only by having a lot of customer complaints will Nikon maybe recind their ridiculous policy.

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